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16 universities · Top 500 · in Japan

QS #36 (2026)

The University of Tokyo (UT)

Tokyo, Japan

Public · Founded 1877 · 28,918 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • +8 more

48 professors 1 open position

QS #51 (2026)

Kyoto University

Kyoto, Japan

Public · Founded 1897 · 22,365 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Chemistry
  • +8 more

57 professors 0 open positions

QS #85 (2026)

Tokyo Institute of Technology (東工大)

Tokyo, Japan

Founded 1949 · 10,500 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science
  • Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • +8 more

59 professors 0 open positions

QS #91 (2026)

The University of Osaka

Osaka, Japan

Public · Founded 1931 · 23,234 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry
  • +8 more

51 professors 0 open positions

QS #109 (2026)

Tohoku University

Sendai, Japan

Public · Founded 1907 · 17,975 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science
  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +8 more

57 professors 0 open positions

QS #164 (2026)

Nagoya University

Nagoya, Japan

Public · Founded 1939 · 15,959 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Materials Science
  • +8 more

58 professors 0 open positions

QS #170 (2026)

Kyushu University

Fukuoka, Japan

Founded 1911 · 18,813 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science
  • Engineering
  • Social Sciences
  • +8 more

52 professors 0 open positions

QS #170 (2026)

Hokkaido University

Sapporo, Japan

Public · Founded 1918 · 17,770 students

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Science
  • +8 more

58 professors 0 open positions

THE #170 (2026)

Institute of Science Tokyo (ISCT)

Tokyo, Japan

Public · Founded 2024 · 13,000 students

  • Medicine
  • Computer Science
  • Materials Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #196 (2026)

Waseda University

Tokyo, Japan

Private · Founded 1882 · 47,094 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Medicine
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #215 (2026)

Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

Private · Founded 1858 · 33,518 students

  • Medicine
  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Neuroscience
  • +8 more

53 professors 0 open positions

QS #350 (2026)

University of Tsukuba

Tsukuba, Japan

Public · Founded 1973 · 16,684 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

53 professors 0 open positions

QS #446 (2024)

Toyota Technological Institute (TTI)

Nagoya, Japan

Founded 1981

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science
  • Computer Science
  • +2 more

23 professors 0 open positions

QS #480 (2026)

Hiroshima University

Hiroshima, Japan

Public · Founded 1949 · 15,505 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Medicine
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #482 (2026)

Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

Public · Founded 1949 · 16,214 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +8 more

54 professors 0 open positions

QS #490 (2023)

Chiba University

Chiba, Japan

Public · Founded 1923 · 13,983 students

  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • +8 more

58 professors 0 open positions

World ranks are the latest QS, Times Higher Education and Shanghai (ARWU) positions as recorded on Wikidata; subjects and research figures come from OpenAlex. Always check a university's own admissions pages for entry requirements, fees and deadlines.